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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777352403321

Autore

Thompson William R.

Titolo

The emergence of the global political economy / / William R. Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-61086-6

1-134-61085-8

1-280-31716-7

0-585-45301-2

0-203-45302-6

Descrizione fisica

xi, 252 p. : ill

Collana

International relations and history series

Disciplina

337

Soggetti

International economic relations - History

Globalization - History

Economic history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

part Part I INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW -- chapter 1 K-WAVES, LEADERSHIP CYCLES, AND GLOBAL WAR -- An orientation -- chapter 2 EVOLUTIONARY AND COEVOLUTIONARY CONSIDERATIONS -- part Part II THE ASCENDANCE OF WESTERN EUROPE -- chapter 3 THE 1490s -- A question of evolutionary (dis)continuity? -- chapter 4 THE DIVERGENT COEVOLUTION OF TWO EURASIAN REGIONS -- chapter 5 THE MILITARY SUPERIORITY THESIS -- part Part III THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE SEQUENCE -- chapter 6 THE EMERGENCE OF A CHALLENGE PROCESS -- chapter 7 MOUNTAINS OF GOLD AND IRON -- chapter 8 CHALLENGES IN THE ACTIVE ZONE -- part Part IV STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND EVOLUTION -- chapter 9 BRITAIN AS A SYSTEM LEADER IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES -- chapter 10 THE ANGLO-AMERICAN RIVALRY BEFORE WORLD WAR I -- chapter 11 PASSING THE TORCH IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING -- The system leader lineage.